dc.contributor.author | Straker, LM | |
dc.contributor.author | Howie, EK | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, KL | |
dc.contributor.author | Fenner, AA | |
dc.contributor.author | Kerr, DA | |
dc.contributor.author | Olds, TS | |
dc.contributor.author | Abbott, RA | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, AJ | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-01T15:05:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-11-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: To determine the effects of participation in Curtin University's Activity, Food and Attitudes Program (CAFAP), a community-based, family-centered behavioural intervention, on the physical activity, sedentary time, and healthy eating behaviours of overweight and obese adolescents. METHODS: In this waitlist controlled clinical trial in Western Australia, adolescents (n = 69, 71% female, mean age 14.1 (SD 1.6) years) and parents completed an 8-week intervention followed by 12 months of telephone and text message support. Assessments were completed at baseline, before beginning the intervention, immediately following the intervention, and at 3-, 6-, and 12- months follow-up. The primary outcomes were physical activity and sedentary time assessed by accelerometers and servings of fruit, vegetables and junk food assessed by 3-day food records. RESULTS: During the intensive 8-week intervention sedentary time decreased by -5.1 min/day/month (95% CI: -11.0, 0.8) which was significantly greater than the rate of change during the waitlist period (p = .014). Moderate physical activity increased by 1.8 min/day/month (95% CI: -0.04, 3.6) during the intervention period, which was significantly greater than the rate of change during the waitlist period (p = .041). Fruit consumption increased during the intervention period (monthly incidence rate ratio (IRR) 1.3, 95% CI: 1.10, 1.56) and junk food consumption decreased (monthly IRR 0.8, 95% CI: 0.74, 0.94) and these changes were different to those seen during the waitlist period (p = .004 and p = .020 respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Participating in CAFAP appeared to have a positive influence on the physical activity, sedentary and healthy eating behaviours of overweight and obese adolescents and many of these changes were maintained for one year following the intensive intervention. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12611001187932. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This trial was funded by a Healthway Health Promotion Research Project Grant #19938. LS was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council senior research fellowship #APP1019980. KS was supported by an APA/CRS scholarship. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 9(11): e111954 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0111954 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/33636 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_GB |
dc.relation.source | The authors confirm that, for approved reasons, some access restrictions apply to the data underlying the findings. Data are available from the researchers upon request for independent research review. However, due to the sensitive nature of the health data for minors within a small community, the data is not publicly accessible. | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25375109 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2014 Straker et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Adolescent | en_GB |
dc.subject | Australia | en_GB |
dc.subject | Feeding Behavior | en_GB |
dc.subject | Female | en_GB |
dc.subject | Health Behavior | en_GB |
dc.subject | Humans | en_GB |
dc.subject | Interviews as Topic | en_GB |
dc.subject | Male | en_GB |
dc.subject | Motor Activity | en_GB |
dc.subject | Obesity | en_GB |
dc.subject | Overweight | en_GB |
dc.subject | School Health Services | en_GB |
dc.subject | Text Messaging | en_GB |
dc.subject | Universities | en_GB |
dc.subject | Waiting Lists | en_GB |
dc.title | The impact of Curtin University's activity, food and attitudes program on physical activity, sedentary time and fruit, vegetable and junk food consumption among overweight and obese adolescents: a waitlist controlled trial. | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-08-01T15:05:09Z | |
exeter.place-of-publication | United States | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from PLoS via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.journal | PLoS One | en_GB |